NIU's Affirmative Action office soon will have a long-needed assistant director after a vacancy of one year. Anne Kaplan, executive assistant to NIU president John LaTourette, said the position was left vacant for so long due to funding problems. She...

Although plans to create a memorial statue for slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King began about four years ago, his likeness has yet to be displayed in the Martin Luther King Memorial Commons. Patricia Hewitt, NIU assistant director of budget...

Exploration of different forms of non-violent resistance is the basis of a seminar titled "Considering Civil Disobedience" to be held Tuesday at the Wesley Foundation. The seminar also will focus on theory and practice for building an affinity group in...

NIU professor Clyde Wingfield will be taking an "administrative assignment" with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities in Washington D.C. for the next 12 months rather than the nine-month academic year. NIU Student Regent Nick Valadez...

Two NIU chemistry professors vouch for the reliability of different parts of a standard urine test given for drugs. The Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GCMS) and High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) tests, part of a standard urine test...

Central American support groups from around the state gathered at the Newman Center on Saturday to address the continuing conflicts in the Central American region. Richard Grossman, a panel member and representative from the Nicaraguan Solidarity Committee...

Illinois will remain in competition with one other state to host the $4.4 million Superconducting Super Collider that would increase employment and business in Northern Illinois. NIU Assistant Physics Professor Daniel Kaplan said, "The super collider...

NIU's Sexual Assault Task Force will meet this morning at 9 a.m. to discuss possible uses of its biggest budget ever. Kathy Guimond, University Police dispatcher and task force member, said this year's budget of $5,000 is the largest amount ever allotted...

DeKalb's economy is "on the rebound" with a low unemployment rate and expansion of businesses that generate a large tax base, according to the city's Economic Development Commission's 1987-1988 annual report. "The report shows good, solid, progressive...

Racism has been painstakingly interwoven into our society and intervention is necessary if this is to be changed, Charles Morris, vice-president for administrative services at Illinois State University, said at a lecture Thursday night. About 30 people...

What do you get when you cross an idea from the 50s with people of the 80s? The answer might not be obvious to many, but to George Salemi the answer is quite clear. Salemi, who is the owner of Big Ray's Silverfross Drive-In, 1420 E. Lincoln Hwy., believes...

Kansas State University swept the NIU Women's Volleyball Triangular tournament over the weekend to increase its season record to 6-0. The Wildcats took it to the Huskies in the opening match of the tournament, winning by scores of 15-11, 15-12, 10-15,...